(Reuters) - U.S. attitudes on abortion are split along regional lines, and opposition to legal abortion has grown in some parts of the South while Americans in the Northeast and on the West Coast still strongly favor abortion rights, according to a new study.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil drillers in North Dakota's Bakken shale fields are allowing nearly a third of the natural gas they drill to burn off into the air, with a value of more than $100 million per month, according to a study to be released on Monday.
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Four universities in North Dakota and South Dakota have been awarded a $6 million grant to establish a research consortium that will study the use of a plant material to replace petrochemicals.
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Republicans pushing for more aggressive abortion restrictions hit a snag yesterday when a federal judge temporarily blocked a North Dakota law banning abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, discusses.

Tammi Kromenaker, director of the Red River Women’s Clinic of Fargo, North Dakota, talks with Rachel Maddow about the trouble her clinic faces, as North Dakota and other state legislatures attempt to pass laws to restrict abortion rights.

The exploding train that destroyed a Quebec town and killed as many as 50 people was shipping oil from North Dakota's Bakken oil reserve. Chris Hayes is joined by former Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota and energy policy expert Tyson Slocum to discuss the risks and whether they outweigh the rewa

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WATFORD CITY, ND - JULY 30: A gas flare is seen in an aerial view in the early morning hours of July 30, 2013 near Watford City, North Dakota. Gas flares are caused when pressure release valves release excess natural gas from an oil pumpjack; the gas is then ignited to burn off the fumes. North Dak

An aerial image shows a natural gas flare after sunset outside of Williston, North Dakota in this March 12, 2013 file photo. Oil drillers in North Dakota's Bakken shale fields are losing out on more than $100 million per month in lost revenue as the amount of natural gas flared continues to balloon,

A warning sign for a natural gas pipeline is seen in front of natural gas flares at an oil pump site outside of Williston, North Dakota in this March 11, 2013 file photo. Oil drillers in North Dakota's Bakken shale fields are losing out on more than $100 million per month in lost revenue as the amou

Natural gas flares are seen at an oil pump site outside of Williston, North Dakota in this March 11, 2013 file photo. Oil drillers in North Dakota's Bakken shale fields are losing out on more than $100 million per month in lost revenue as the amount of natural gas flared continues to balloon, despit